The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1887-12-06
Kindness,
WRITTEN FOR woMAN's KINGDOM.
Bear ye one another's burdens,
And so fulfill the law of Christi

Sometime grief TO bear
No lofty state, no lowly place,
M Escapes what all must share
& Some wear their sorrow through long years,
Enduring silently,
To Others, woe comes crushing down
| Like meteor from the sky.
AS skillful hands lean heavy weight
s.Hs To straighten crooked bough,
30 to our souls all warped by sin,
W God may these giiefs allow.
$ But blest with human sympathy
M They are not borne alone,
NH The tears another sheds for us
z Will strangely ease our own.
III And magical twill seem to him
q Who nobly acts his part,
* The heavier woe he he ps to lift,
3 The lighter grows his heart.
2 His eyes will beam with happier glow
M Who makes some sad face smile,
8# For who his brothers burden bears,
@ Lets fall his own the WHILE
s 1t may he but kindly word,
VA Or look from loving eye,
.S& Or tender pressure of gentle hands,
M Or only an echoing sigh.
& But they'll touch some sorrowful human soul
MI With n thrill OIL sympathy,
.# And his heart grows lighter as he feels
M There's some one cares for me.
~ CARRIE E. GOODMAN.
AS Deoember's bleak winds howl without
eur comfortable homes, and we gather around
he hearth stone, it Is but natural that we
should think of those who are not so highly
Favored as ourselves. When we sit and look
1lpon a huge fire and watch the burning logs,
E br the bright Goals that ere heaped within our
crate, and later when we rest upon confer
I. Fl
Thoughts must naturally go out to so many of
bur suffering fellow creatures that We know
hre oven then perishing in the cold. True, we
wish most sincerely as we acknowledge these
BLESSINGS, that every one chad good fire, and
4 o warm bed,' but is this enough? Far too
many of us indulge inBentimental charity. We
ssympathize with the poor, we wish they had
this, and that, but do we lend helping hand?
Do we add to the comfort of even one poor suff-
ering soul a month? How much good could be
done in a year if we agreed not to let month
pass without in small way adding to the
comfort Of only one person. There are many
ways in which at this season of the gear we
can dispense charity. How many cast off
clothes, Chat we feel almost ashamed to give,
Sinking them useless), would be accepted,
Shoes hats, under wear and dresses outgrown,
that are thrown aside and often lay piled away
IN closets out OF sight, that would be untold
treasures to some poor woman who would
bless you for the gift. Many a woman has
been deferred from giving such articles think
ing them useless; don't hesitate longer, look
over your goods and chattel'' and if you have
time mend up, put patch here, and button
there, don't mind patch of another color, SO
st is strong, it makes the garment whole and
good, and can be worn. You have no idea
how few poor people have any flannel
garments.W @ know the comfort of wool goods
Could not the old shirts and drawers be patched
up to last one winter, and how some old person
whose blood has grown thin with age, and
whose old bones are flied with pains would
bless you for is there any comfort on earth
equal to warmth of body, or any suffering so
great as shivering cold? We can add greatly
TO the comfort of the sick and old-a glass of
Jelly for q sick child bowl of nourishing soup,
any little deicacy from off our table, and in
deed the plainest food often proves q luxury,
for it is change. We all know how tired we
get of our own home fair if it is the same, and
how we make changes to keep peace in the
family, then think of those who barely have
bread and meat, (often bread without the
meat, the same, day after day, when sickness
comes the stomach reYolts at this diet and longs
for change. Many morsel wasted from our
tables would be boon to the poor. There are
30 many ways i'll which we can lend hand in
helping others that time would not avail to
discuss them. 1t was more to bring the subject
before our readers than to point out the ways,
that prompted this article. There are hundreds
OF people in this world that are willing to
help others, but are careless, and do not feel
Or think of the importance of the work. So
these things must be brought before tho
public now and then to inspire all such, and to
encourage those who do help, to renew their
efforts, and help them go forward with more
ardor for the work. There is no eason of the
year that the poor and destitute require our
help SO much as the present. We should all
'be up and doing" lending helping hand,
helping some poor sorrowmg soul bear lfes
burdens and they will truly experience what
is so beautifully expressed in the poem that
heads our column today;
For who his brothers. burden bears
Let fall his own the while"
fruit i'll many heart we would only add, that
In addition to the pleasure We receive from do
ing good and helping others, we may constant
ly bear in mind that at the final reckoning that
must come to all, we will hear the Masters
voice as He says: "Inasmuch as We have done
1t unto one of the least of these my brethren,
We have done it also unto Me-
To Our Correspondents.
WE have received many letters during the
past week asking for insertion that are mere
ly advertisements, and we have so often re-
peated that the editors object to our using this
department for that purpose, that we hope our